Safety device for scarf-pins.



PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

M. E. ROSENBLUM. SAFETY DEVICE FOR SCARF PINS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1905.

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SAFETY DEVICE FOR SCARF-PINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed May 11, 1905. Serial No. 259,882

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORITZ E. ROSENBLUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety De vices for Scarf-Pins, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to scarf-pins, hat pins, and other pins of this class; and the obj ect thereof is to provide an improved safety deviceor attachment for pins of this class whereby when the pin has been inserted through a piece of cloth, fabric, or other article the safety device or attachment may be operated so as to prevent the accidental withdrawal or removal or loss of the pin, a further object being to provide a safety device or attachment for pins of the class specified the construction and operation of which are such that the pin may be passed through any material in the usual manner and which will operate to prevent the withdrawal of the pin; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists of a pin of the class described provided with a safety device or attachment constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accomp anying drawings form a part, in which the sep arate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of an ordinary safety-pin provided with my improved safety device or attachment; Fig. 2, a sectional side view thereof; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the safety device or attachment in a different position; and Fig. a, a crosssection on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1 and on an enlarged scale.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a an ordinary scarfpin provided at one end with an ornamental head a and the opposite end of which is pointed, as shown at 0. and at a predetermined distance from the pointed end of the pin said pin is provided with a longitudinal groove a over which is a transverse bridge or keepera and the bottom end walls of the groove a are gradually curved outwardly, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Mounted in and movable in the groove a and held therein by the transverse bridge or keeper a is a curved slide 1), the ends of which are both bent in the same direction, and the bends in the ends of the slide 1) are in a direction opposite to that of the main curve of said slide, and this forms at each end of said slide two abruptly-curved portions 15 the convex parts of which are both directed outwardly, and the extreme end portions of the slide are both. directed inwardly or toward the bottom of the groove a or the longitudinal axis of the pin a. The center portion of the slide 1) is free to move longitudinally under the bridge or keeper a but the grooves at the end portions thereof are so abrupt and of such dimensions that they will not pass under the bridge or keeper (L5, and the limit of the movement of the slide 1) toward the head a of the pin is shown in Fig. 2, while the limit of the movement of said slide toward the point a of the pin is shown in Fig. 3. WVhen the slide 1) is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the pin may be inserted through a piece of cloth, fabric, or other woven or soft material in the usual manner, and the end If. of the slide will form a projecting hook which will prevent the withdrawal of the pin, and in order to withdraw the pin the slide I) must be moved into the position shown in Fig. 3, in whichposition of said slide the pin may be removed from the fabric or other material in the usual manner. This movement of the slide 1) is performed by pressing the thumb or finger nail on one end thereof, and said slide fits in the groove (v beneath the bridge or keeper a in such manner that it will not move longitudinal of the groove a except when a certain amount of pressure or force is applied to one end thereof, and the opposite ends of said slide are preferably in practice pointed or sharpened to a certain extent.

This device may be applied to any scarfpin or any pin similar thereto, and by my improvement I provide means whereby a pin of the class specified may be safely used without danger of loss, and my improvement does not add materially to the cost of the pin.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A pin provided near, the pointed end thereof and in one side thereof with a longitudinal groove having a transverse keeper, and a short slide mounted in said groove and held therein by said keeper, said slide being movable longitudinally in said groove and the ends thereof being so formed as to. prevent its removal from said groove, either end of said slide being adapted to be projected by the longitudinal movement thereof in the direction of said end, substantially as shown and described.

In testilnony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed Inyname, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 10th day of May, 1905.

MORITZ E. ROSENBLUM. Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, O. J. KLEIN. 

